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1 Week 1 Five-Day Schedule Date: Day 1 1 Day 2 2 Day 3 3 Day 4 4 Day 5 5 Leading Little Ones to God Lesson 1 pp. 1-4 Lesson 2 pp. 4-6 Lesson 2 Suggested Reading pg. 5 Lesson 3 pp. 6-7 Reading N Mark 1:1-13 Mark 1:14-34 Mark 1:35-45 Mark 2 Mark 3:1-19 Memorization & Sing the Word: A New Commandment Usborne Book of Peoples of the World History Guide pp Missionary Stories with the Millers History Guide pp From Akebu to Zapotec History Guide pg. 23 N Your memorization of Psalm 1 will be due on Week 6. Read Psalm 1:1 ten times this week twice each day. Think about the meanings of the words and the passage as a whole. Track 1 History/Geography N pp. 2-3 pg. 5 pp. 6-7 pp. 8-9 pp Introduction Introduction pg. 5 Charlotte s Web Read-Aloud Guide pp. 1-7 Favorite Poems of Childhood N Mother Goose Rhymes 2 N Read-Aloud Guide pp chaps. 1-2 Please see footnote 3 Read-Aloud(s) N chap. 3 chap. 4 chap. 5 chap. 6 The Land of Nod pg. 1 Physical Education The Man in the Wilderness #17 Hurt No & Cat pg. 2 Other Notes 1 These page numbers refer to the pages within the appropriate Study Guide: History or Read-Aloud. The Study Guides follow Section 3, Appendices. 2 We include the Mother Goose Rhymes as a compilation in the Read-Aloud Study Guide. They are not sold as a separate book. 3 We abbreviate the titles so you can find them easily within the book and have extra room for notes. Introduction to World History, Part 1 Section Two Week 1 Schedule

2 Week 1 Four-Day Schedule Date: Day 1 1 Day 2 2 Day 3 3 Day 4 4 Day 5 5 Leading Little Ones to God Lesson 1 pp. 1-4 Lesson 2 pp. 4-6 Lesson 2 Suggested Reading pg. 5 Lesson 3 pp. 6-7 Reading N Mark 1:1-13 Mark 1:14-34 Mark 1:35-45 Mark 2 Memorization & Sing the Word: A New Commandment Usborne Book of Peoples of the World History Guide pp Missionary Stories with the Millers History Guide pp From Akebu to Zapotec History Guide pg. 23 N Your memorization of Psalm 1 will be due on Week 6. Read Psalm 1:1 ten times this week twice each day. Think about the meanings of the words and the passage as a whole. Track 1 History/Geography N pp. 2-3 pg. 5 pp. 6-7 pp. 8-9 Introduction Introduction pg. 5 Charlotte s Web Read-Aloud Guide pp. 1-7 Favorite Poems of Childhood N Mother Goose Rhymes 2 N Read-Aloud Guide pp chaps. 1-2 Please see footnote 3 Read-Aloud(s) N chap. 3 chap. 4 chap. 5 The Land of Nod pg. 1 Physical Education The Man in the Wilderness #17 Hurt No & Cat pg. 2 Other Notes 1 These page numbers refer to the pages within the appropriate Study Guide: History or Read-Aloud. The Study Guides follow Section Three: Appendices. 2 We include the Mother Goose Rhymes as a compilation in the Read-Aloud Study Guide. They are not sold as a separate book. 3 We abbreviate the titles so you can find them easily within the book and have extra room for notes. Introduction to World History, Part 1 Section Two Week 1 Schedule

3 Schedule Pages 4-Day or 5-Day Please select the plan that would work better for your family. The guide is currently set up for 5-Day users. If your schedule works better with a 4-Day plan, please flip the schedule pages over. If you find you d like to switch midyear, just reverse the pages. Reading Please read the selections aloud. Memorization Your child s appreciation of Scripture and poetry will grow not only as you read Scriptures and poems together, but also as you encourage your child to memorize passages and poems he especially likes, to repeat them in an appropriately expressive fashion and, ultimately, to add body movements that go along with the meaning and movement of the words. We have found many ways to help our children memorize. The primary method, however, is to repeat, repeat, repeat! I remember when I was five, my mom and older brother and I would wash and dry dishes together. There was a period of about two weeks in which my mom and brother sang a song that included all the books of the Old Testament. About two weeks after they had begun singing this song, I remember shocking them when I joined in singing. They were amazed that I knew all the books of the yet it had been so easy! To this day, I remember the books of the because of that song. Perhaps the hardest aspect of memorization is maintaining a child s motivation to keep repeating a passage. We have found the following methods helpful: 1) Put the Scripture passage to music and/or create a rhythm by which it can be repeated tap out the beat while saying the words. 2) Act out certain key words with exaggerated and/or ridiculous motions: Thou (point with emphasis at your child) shalt not (shake your head violently) kill (run your hand across your neck in the motion of a knife slitting your throat)! 3) Engage in a game of hot potato while reciting the verse: every time someone receives the potato, he must say the next word or phrase in the passage; he may not pass it on until he has said that word or phrase. Whatever means you find that work, use them! Week 1 Notes Use the same procedure with longer poems for painless memorization. Lots of practice, very little testing, and performing will help your child experience poetry as enjoyable word imagery rather than a scary school subject. We want children to practice the skills of memorization. As the Psalmist says, it is as we hide God s word in our hearts (memorize it) that we are equipped to overcome sin (see Psalm 119:11). The more your child practices memorizing, the better he should be able to memorize. Then, we want children to develop self-confidence in presenting themselves before an audience. Always make sure your child understands the meaning of his or her passage. Read it through ten times out loud. Practice saying the words correctly. Sing the Word: A New Commandment This CD includes all the Sonlight verses set to music. We list the track with the same passage as the one your child is learning. History/Geography We provide suggested learning objectives from your history books listed in your History Study Guide packet. The packet follows Section Three. Please see the suggestions at the beginning of your History Study Guide packet for how to use the History Study Guide. Timelines Throughout the year, we provide timeline suggestions from your assigned reading in your History books, Readers, and Read-Alouds. These suggestions are provided weekly in your Study Guide or on the Timeline Figures Schedule. Note: Sonlight Curriculum does not provide figures for all of the people, places, or events listed. Figures that are provided and should be placed on your timeline will have an accompanying clock face symbol (d). You should either use the timeline sold by Sonlight Curriculum, or make a timeline for the wall of your room using 8½" x 11" paper (taped sideways, end to end), one inch for every 100 years or so. Introduction to World History, Part 1 Section Two Week 1 1

4 Week 18 Five-Day Schedule Date: Day 1 86 Day 2 87 Day 3 88 Day 4 89 Day 5 90 Leading Little Ones to God Lesson 41 pp Lesson 42 pp Lesson 42 Suggested Reading pg. 85 Lesson 43 pp Reading Genesis 38:1-19 Genesis 38:20-30 Genesis 39 Genesis 40 Genesis 41:1-24 Memorization & Sing the Word: A New Commandment The Greek News History Guide pp Psalm 23:1-3 Track 9 pp. 1-3 History/Geography pp. 4-5 pp. 6-7 pp. 8-9 pp Missionary Stories with the Millers History Guide pp Greek Myths Read-Aloud Guide pp Favorite Poems of Childhood Mother Goose Rhymes Read-Aloud Guide pp Read-Aloud(s) chap. 20 pp pp , pp pp pp The Walrus pp Thirty Days Hath September #27 Physical Education Other Notes Introduction to World History, Part 1 Section Two Week 18 Schedule

5 Week 18 Four-Day Schedule Date: Day 1 86 Day 2 87 Day 3 88 Day 4 89 Day 5 90 Leading Little Ones to God Lesson 41 pp Lesson 42 pp Lesson 42 Suggested Reading pg. 85 Lesson 43 pp Reading Genesis 28:20-29:8 Genesis 29:9-20 Genesis 29:21-35 Genesis 30:1-24 Memorization & Sing the Word: A New Commandment A Child s History of the World History Guide pp Psalm 23:1-3 Track 9 chap. 12 History/Geography chap. 13 chap. 14 Athens/Sparta 1 Usborne Book of World History History Guide pg. 57 Missionary Stories with the Millers History Guide pp Greek Myths Read-Aloud Guide pp Favorite Poems of Childhood Mother Goose Rhymes Read-Aloud Guide pp Read-Aloud(s) pp chap. 20 pp pp pp pp , The Walrus pp Physical Education Thirty Days Hath September #27 Other Notes 1 Optional assignment. See Week 22 Notes. Introduction to World History, Part 1 Section Two Week 18 Schedule

6 Week 36 Five-Day Schedule Date: Day Day Day Day Day Leading Little Ones to God Lesson 84 pp Lesson 85 pp Lesson 86 pp Lesson 86 Suggested Reading pg. 173 Reading Proverbs 1:1-7 Proverbs 1:8-19 Proverbs 1:20-33 Proverbs 2:1-8 Proverbs 2:9-15 Memorization & Sing the Word: A New Commandment A Child s History of the World History Guide pp Proverbs 1:7 Track 4 chap. 40 History/Geography chap. 41 chap. 42 Usborne Book of World History History Guide pg. 57 George Müller History Guide pp pg. 91 (middle & bottom) pg. 91 (Attila-middle) pp pp pp pp Detectives in Togas Read-Aloud Guide pp Favorite Poems of Childhood Mother Goose Rhymes Read-Aloud Guide pp Read-Aloud(s) chap. 18 chap. 19 Eldorado pg. 84 Physical Education chap. 20 Little Tom Tucker #16 chap. 21 chap. 22 Other Notes You re all done! Introduction to World History, Part 1 Section Two Week 36 Schedule

7 Week 36 Four-Day Schedule Date: Day Day Day Day Day Leading Little Ones to God Lesson 84 pp Lesson 85 pp Lesson 86 pp Lesson 86 Suggested Reading pg. 173 Reading Psalm 1 Psalm 2 Psalm 8 Psalm 100 Memorization & Sing the Word: A New Commandment A Child s History of the World History Guide pp Usborne Book of World History History Guide pg. 57 George Müller History Guide pp Proverbs 1:7 Track 4 History/Geography chap. 42 pp pp pg. 96 pp pp Detectives in Togas Read-Aloud Guide pp Favorite Poems of Childhood Mother Goose Rhymes Read-Aloud Guide pp chap. 19 Read-Aloud(s) chap. 20 Eldorado pg. 84 Physical Education chap. 21 chap. 22 Little Tom Tucker #16 Other Notes You re all done! Introduction to World History, Part 1 Section Two Week 36 Schedule

8 Our timeline book is meant to achieve the same benefit on a more detailed level over the course of all the educational years to come. Suggested Learning Objectives Chapters 1-3 There are no notes for these chapters. Chapter 4 Egypt Q; the Nile River W; Nubia (modern-day Sudan) E (map 3) Mesopotamia Q; the Mediterranean W; the Tigris River E; Euphrates River R; the Persian Gulf T (map 4) Mesopotamia (4000 BC) Mediterranean means between the land, for the Mediterranean Sea is surrounded by land. The people who lived along the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers were the Babylonians, the Assyrians, and the Syrians. Jews and Arabs speak Semitic languages. Egyptians and Berbers are Semites. Indo-Europeans speak languages that are similar to one another. Ancient peoples taught each other how to grow different kinds of food and exchanged goods with one another. Chapter 5 Indus Valley R; China W; Yellow River E (map 2) Egypt Q; Nubia E (map 3) Mesopotamia Q; Crete Y (map 4) Central America (map 5) BC is the time Before Christ; AD stands for Anno Domini, which is Latin for the year of the Lord, or time since the life of Christ. People in Mesopotamia wrote their history in cuneiform. Egyptians wrote in hieroglyphics. Indians wrote in Sanskrit. We also have written records from China, Nubia, Central America, and Crete. We can translate the records from Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, and China. India s first civilization was on the Indus River. China s first civilization was on the Huang or Yellow River. River valleys provided plentiful food and water. The first governments came to towns that had formed along the rivers. We have histories from these towns. Chapter 6 Egypt Q; Rosetta R; Nile River W (map 3) The Egyptians were the first people to write. They used picture writing called hieroglyphics. The Egyptians wrote on papyrus, which was paper made from the leaves of a water plant. The papyrus was stored in scroll form. Important information was carved on stone. Hieroglyphics were eventually translated after study of the Rosetta Stone. The Rosetta Stone was a rock that had the same message carved into it in three languages, one of which was still recognizable. Scholars compared the Greek message to the Egyptian and broke the code. Egypt was a good place to live because the Nile River flooded its banks. The flooding allowed the storage of water for later times. As the flood waters receded, they left rich topsoil behind. This meant food was easy to grow. The moderate climate didn t require warm clothes or fuel for heat. The first Egyptian king was Menes. d Menes, first Egyptian king (3100 BC) Egyptians called their king Pharaoh. Egyptian society was divided into classes, with little movement between classes. A boy would work in the same profession as his father. The highest class (below Pharaoh) was the priests. They led worship. They functioned as doctors, lawyers, and engineers. They were the only class that could read and write. The next class was the soldiers; then farmers; then shepherds; then shopkeepers, merchants; mechanics; and the lowest were swineherds. The Egyptians worshipped multiple gods. Some animals were sacred: the dog, cat, ibis, and scarab beetle. d Old and Middle Kingdoms of Egypt (ca s BC) Chapter 7 Egypt Q; Cairo T (map 3) d Warrior Pharaohs rule Egypt (ca BC) The Egyptians built tombs for the dead, for they believed the soul stayed near the dead body. 6 Introduction to World History, Part 1 History Study Guide A Child's History of the World

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10 Chapter 1 Arctic Q; Antarctic W; North Pole E; South Pole R (map 1) Geography Questions Do we know where Stillwater is? (no, the name Stillwater is used like the name George in a made-up story. Even though George is a real name, the made-up character by the name of George would not be a real person. Stillwater is a real name, but the town in the story is not a real town) Comprehension Question Why does Mr. Popper only work from the spring till the fall? (because people don t want things decorated during the winter) Vocabulary Development He was quite an authority on the subject. (knowing a lot about a subject more than most people would know) Chapter 2 Cultural Literacy Questions What was the Drake Expedition? (the real Drake expedition was the first time the English sailed around the world. Sir Francis Drake was the admiral, and the expedition was completed in 1580) What is a sea leopard? (a sea leopard is a spotted seal that lives in the Antarctic. Sea leopards can also be seen sometimes on the south coasts of Australia and New Zealand) What types of things would a Ladies Aid and Missionary Society do? (they would do things to help poor people. Maybe they would raise money to send to missionaries) Comprehension Questions Where do polar bears and penguins live? (polar bears live at the North Pole. Penguins live at the South Pole. So polar bears and penguins do not live near each other) Why does Mrs. Popper think penguins are heathen for shoving one of their kind into possibly dangerous water? (the heathen are selfish and just want to live for themselves. The penguins seemed to be selfish, too) Narration Question Describe penguins. Mr. Popper's Penguins Chapter 3 Comprehension Questions Why did Mr. Popper name the penguin Captain Cook? (the sound the penguin made sounded like cook) Narration Questions Describe how the penguin was packaged. Do you think this is realistic? Vocabulary Development Down the hall it went and into the bedrooms, with a strange, pompous little strut. (acting like he was very important like everyone should notice how grand he was) This was a little difficult because the inquisitive bird kept reaching over and trying to bite the faucets with its sharp red beak. (wanting to find out about things, to figure things out, or to understand things better) Chapter 4 Southern Hemisphere T; Northern Hemisphere Y; England U; Australia I (map 1) Cultural Literacy Who was (the real) Captain Cook? Why does his name seem appropriate for the penguin? (Cook was an English explorer who lived at the time of the American Revolution; he explored the Southern Hemisphere and discovered Australia) Comprehension Questions What did Captain Cook (the penguin) like to eat? (seafood and canned shrimp) Does a penguin need to eat daily? (no, penguins can go a month without eating) Narration Question Describe Captain Cook s bed. Chapter 5 Nature Studies Questions What is the normal air temperature in Antarctica? (temperatures in Antarctica almost never rise above 32 o F [0 o C]. Scientists recorded the world s lowest temperature, o F [-89.2 o C], at Vostok Station, on July 21, 1983) Introduction to World History, Part 1 Read-Aloud Study Guide Mr. Popper's Penguins 55

11 owl goose anteater (because it is the only way they can go up in the air, they can t fly, so climbing would be the next best thing) Vocabulary Development Captain Cook found this spectacle very interesting, and in order to get a better view, he jumped up on the mirror ledge. (something interesting that is in a place where it can be seen) He should have remembered that penguins will toboggan whenever they get a chance. (they would slide very fast. When people toboggan, they ride down a snow-covered hill on a sled that goes very fast. But penguins can toboggan even without a sled) What is one of the more unique characteristics of pelicans? (they have pouches in their bills) What is a dodo bird? (a dodo is an extinct bird related to the pigeon. A dodo was about the size of large turkey. It had short legs, an enormous beak, stubby wings, and curly feathers on its tail. The dodo lived on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. It would only lay one egg in a season, and laid it on the ground. Dodos did not fly. European sailors killed them for food. Pigs and monkeys, which were brought to the island by Portuguese sailors during the 1500s, destroyed dodo eggs and ate young dodos. By about 1680 there were no dodo birds left) Comprehension Question Is it realistic that Captain Cook would think the tripod was a three-legged stork? (no, a penguin would know that a tripod is not a living thing. Besides, storks came from warm Africa, not from cold Antarctica, so a penguin wouldn t even be used to seeing a stork) Chapter 9 dodo bird Comprehension Questions What is a favorite activity of penguins? (climbing stairs) Why does Mr. Popper think they like to climb stairs? Chapter 10 Cultural Literacy Questions What is an aquarium? (it could be a glass container where fish and other water creatures are kept. Or it could be a building that has a lot of glass-enclosed places where water creatures are kept so that people can go to see them) Narration Question Describe how the Poppers got Greta. Vocabulary Development Then the Associated Press picked up the story, and a week later the photograph, in rotogravure, could be seen in the Sunday edition. (a printing process in which the impression is produced by a rotary press) It was addressed to Dr. Smith, the Curator of the great Aquarium in Mammoth City. (as Curator of the Aquarium, he was in charge of taking care of the Aquarium and making sure everything was in good condition) Chapter 11 Comprehension Question How does a penguin show friendship? (they show friendship by giving a stone. Penguins like to use stones to build their nests, so they probably consider a stone to be a very nice gift) Narration Question Describe the new home for the penguins after they moved out of the icebox. Chapter 12 d Columbus ( ) d Magellan (ca ) Introduction to World History, Part 1 Read-Aloud Study Guide Mr. Popper's Penguins 57

12 Mr. Popper's Penguins - Map 1 E Q Y U T W R I Introduction to World History, Part 1 Read-Aloud Study Guide Mr. Popper's Penguins 61